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PHOTO BY ELIAS ROVIELO/CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

HUNTING AND PASTORAL scenes decorate the elaborate mosaic floor that adorns the baptistery on the north side of the Mt. Nebo basilica. Sitting about 3.5 feet below the level of the main nave, the baptistery, which features a cruciform baptismal font (top), was built only after some parts of the original monastery were cleared away in the first half of the sixth century.